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Edgar Lee Masters | |
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 Masters as a young man | |
| Born | August 23, 1868 Garnett, Kansas, U.S.[1] |
| Died | March 5, 1950 (aged 81) Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
| Resting place | Oakland cemetery, Petersburg, Illinois |
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| Language | English |
| Notable awards | Robert Frost Medal (1942) |
Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.